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Striped Jersey Dress

Summer is a busy time for me and I still want to sew or should I say I need to sew. Sewing is a passion and when I cannot get to my sewing room, I get a little grumpy! Anyone else like that? That being said I have a conflict in the summer besides time. It is the great outdoors, well, really just my yard. I love to work in my flowers and be in the pool. To keep from being grumpy from lack of sewing, my solution is faster projects and fabulous fabrics. I fell in love with this […]

Stretch Cotton Terry Dress for Graduation

This coming weekend is a busy one for our family, it is a nurse pinning, three graduations and Mother’s Day. Well, celebrations of this nature calls for a new dress for Mom. I loved this Mood Fabrics’ Taupe/Mocha/Black/Red Cotton Stretch Terry and thought it would work great for a dress. I want to note that even though the fabric says terry in the description, it is a lightweight knit and I don’t feel it has that terry “feel”. The knit will be perfect for s graduation and not look wrinkled after all that sitting. I went with […]

Marine Green Faux Suede Dress

I purchased this fabric from Moodfabrics.com a few years (!!!) ago because it was on big-time sale and I thought the color was pretty. The quality is really nice and you can NOT tell it’s fake except that it comes out of the laundry looking exactly like it went in. I lamented forever about what I wanted to make it into. I really wanted a skirt but thought the color would give me trouble when having to pair up with a matching top. McCall’s 7466 was recently released with the envelope drawing showing a view in faux suede, and I […]

Kelly Green Silk Occasion Dress

The dress I’ve got to share with you today has been a real labour of love and I enjoyed every single second of making it. Even the whole day spent fitting the bodice! I like nothing better than a reason to sew myself something special and challenging and what better reason could I have than the wedding of my step-sister 10 days ago? I mulled over what I wanted to make for over a year and bought the fabric long before I decided on a style and pattern. When I visited Mood Fabrics NYC last April I spent a good […]

Black + White Geometric Print Dress in Wool Rayon

I am currently on the hunt for thicker-weight fabrics with draping properties to make winter dresses out of. This Marc Jacobs border print wool-rayon woven from Mood Fabrics caught my eye because I know rayon fabrics to have a great amount of drape and combined with wool I thought it would be perfect for winter. Also border print fabrics are fun to work with. I used Butterick 6409 for the pattern and made a few minor tweaks. There are lots of ways to use this fabric creatively because it has a thick border on one side and a thinner one on […]

Polka Dot Fun

What do you do when fall doesn’t come around? Well, I am just going to keep sewing for the temperatures. We are fluctuating from 60 degrees to mid-80 degrees, so I pulled out Mood Fabrics’ Navy Polka Dotted Rayon Challis and went to work on a great dress that I can wear now and later. I went with Simplicity 8084 for the dress and I am in love with this style. I have found regular shirtdresses do not do much for my straight figure but with the drawstring waist and the blouson-type top, this one really works. […]

Wool + Lace Black and White Dress

I’ve just finished a classy wool dress for fall/winter that I’m in love with! The idea for this garment has been floating around my brain for years and I’m just so pleased to see it turn out exactly how I imagined. I knew I wanted to play around with lace motifs and needed a lace that I could cut into that wouldn’t fray. The one I used is from Mood fabrics and is all sold out but here is a black 3D guipure lace that’s similar. The white is an ivory wool twill also from Mood fabrics and also all sold out. […]

Linen Woven Border Dress for Kaitlyn

Remember when it was time to transition from a college student wardrobe to a professional wardrobe? Well, that time is now for Kaitlyn, as she will be student teaching next semester. One day Kaitlyn asked about some of the clothes I made and one thing led to another and now she is getting some mom-made garments. First thing was types of fabrics and what I would make with them. That discussion lead to this Mood Fabrics’ Ralph Lauren Denim Blue Linen Woven Border Print, which I am sorry to say is sold out. This fabric is fabulous and so fun. Some […]

A Linen Dress for Late Summer

Good morning, lovelies! While I would love to start in on fall sewing–warm sweaters, swirling skirts, and cozy coats, oh my!–it’s still dreadfully hot in Texas. As someone whose sewing is heavily tied to immediate wardrobe needs, that means summer clothes are skulking about my sewing room for a little longer. One of the pieces I’ve been plotting all season is a simple linen dress. I love linen on warm days, don’t you? It’s breathable, full of gorgeous movement, and often weighty enough to go unlined. Despite its notorious tendency to wrinkle, it’s also unquestionably elegant. Linen dresses bring to […]